Combination post-card and check.



G. R. HILL.

COMBINATION POST CARD AND CHECK.

APPLICATION mso ocr. 3o. |911.

CAR AND CHlEGtK.

pecilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. 3o, 191.

Application ledl. October 30, 1917. Serial No. w.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatll, GEORGE It. Hrm., a citizen of the United States, residing atl Michigan City, in the county of Laporte, State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Combination Post-Card and Check; and T do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates -to a combinationpostal card and check, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an article of4 this kind, whereby a-person may pay bills hy means of a check, only using one cent postage.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of stationery manufacture consisting of a card, Von'one side of which a postal card form is. printed and on the other side a check form 1s printed, there being on the postal card side a space for the indorsement of the payee, and also the address of the payee, and on the check side of the card a space for correspondence and also a space in which may be written data indieating for which the check is drawn.

A further object of the invention is the provision .of a scored or perforated line along which the postal card may be torn, whereby the correspondence space portion may be detached from the check portion.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a space on the postal side of the card for directions stating that the corre spondence portion must be detached before cashing the check ortion.

In practical fiel s the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling Within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the check face of the card. i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the postal card face.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a card which may be any suitable shape or configuration and size, prefery.

ably rectangular, and corresponding to the proportions of the usual postal card. 0n one side of the card near the top thereof, there is printed the name and address of the e (pyee.

bank, vto which the card is to be sent, as

shown at2 and 3. A suitable line t for the date 5 on which the card is written. Also on the same side at the top thereof the number 6 of the cardis also printed. On the same face of the card havin the name of the bank, there are three lines 8 and 9 on the upper one of which, the name 10 of the payee is to bewritten and at the end ofthis line there is a space 11 to receive the amount in igures,to be paid to the payee. The second line `8, is designed to receive the amount in words as indicated at 12, to be paid to the The lowerline 9 isl for the rece tion the name of the maker of the chec as shown at 13. The words Pay-to-the-orderof as shown at 14e are printed adjacent to the line 'a'. Also on the check face of the card a space 15 is provided to contain data indicating the amount for which the check is drawn. In other words should the maker draw the check to pay rent or the like, 4it may he written in the space 15, Rent for the month of, for instance, March., April or the like. The lower part of the check face of the card is provided with a plurality of lines 16, on which certain correspondence may be written by the maker of the check to the payee thereof. A perforated or scored line 17 is providedon the check face of the card, on which line the correspondence portion 18 of the card may be detached. Un the reverse or postal face of the card, as shown in Fig. 2, there is a space for the reception of a postage stamp, and opposite this space is another space 2O havinglines 21 on which the name and address of the maker or sender may be written as indicated at 22. Also in this space 21 there are directions 23 stating that the name of the maker is to be written on the lines 21. rThis space 20 and the stamp space 19 are printed on the reverse side of the correspondence portion of the side of card, so that when the correspondence portion of the card is detached the stamp portion is also detached. @n the lower right hand portion of the postal card face there are lines 2A for the name and address of the person to whom the card is to he sent and to whom the check is to be paid. Below the lines 24 there are the words 25 stating This space for the address are printed. The postal card face is divided hy the line 25 thereby aording a space 26, on which is printed the Therefore the indorsement of the payee, say for instance J ohnvpoe 28 is written below the words 29 Post check. The words Detach correspondence portion before cashing this check, is also printed in the s ace 26 toward the left, as indicated at 30. t is to be observed that the maker fills in the name to whom the card is to be sent on the lines 24, then the-maker writes his own name the space 20. The check face of the card 1s then filled out in the usual manner, for instance as shown at Fig. 1, stating in the space 15 for what the check is drawn, while' the necessary correspondence to the payee 1s .written on the lines 16. The payee upon receiving the card detaches the correspondence portion and then deposits the check portion, first having indorsed it in the proper place. .After the check has been paid and the makers account balanced in the usual manner, he receives the indorsed paid check portion of the card.

The invention ,having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:-l

1. In an article of stationery, a card having a postal card face and a check face, said check face having a space for data indicating for what the check is made and paid, sai

card having a correspondence portion detachably connected to the body of the card by means of a perforated `o1" scored line, the

reverse face of the correspondence portion having a stamp space and a space for the address of the sender or the maker, the opposite face of the check portion of the card having spaces for the name and address of the payee and his indorsement.

2. As a new article of stationery manufacture, a card corresponding to the proportions of the usual ostal card, said card at a point substantial y one third of the width of the card having a perforated or scored line, thereby dividlng one side of the card into a check face and a `correspondence face hence providing a body section and a detachable stub section, the correspondence face of which having horizontally ruled lines, the check face of the body section having a space adapted to receive data indicating for what the check is made and paid when the check is returned, the other side of the body section being divided into address and indorsement spaces, said stub section on the side opposite its correspondence face having a stamp space and a ruled space for the name of the sender or maker of the check body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE R. HILL. 

